For those wanting the latest version of the leading Linux OS, Ubuntu, they can follow this link to download a suitable version:
http://za.releases.ubuntu.com/jaunty/
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December 5, 2008 • 4:00 pm 1
Technology Stats – End of 2008
Hi all, well seeing as the end of the year is near, it is time for the roundup of the worlds progress on technology masses. Well lets get right into it;
2008 has seen a rapid growth in internet users with world penetration rate hiting 21.9 % with 1,463,632,361 (June 2008). The biggest markets of which are Asia (114,304,000), Europe (105,096,093), and North America (108,096,800).
As one can see from the alongside graph, fibre still has a long way to go with only the tip of first world countries having access to the technology.
By the end of November 2008, browser statistics show an interesting picture. Open-Source truly seems to be the way forward with Firefox leading the way with 44.2% penetration of the market (coming in 2nd is IE6, followed by IE7, and then Chrome).
The second review of the year needs to be the movement in operating system. A previous artical on the blog (link here), showed there to be growth in Mac and Linux, whilst Windows was suvering the poor release of its Vista version. A new look at these statistics show that Windows has continued its fall, droping to 89.62% from 91.50% by end november. Following the earlier trend as well, shows that mac has jumped up to 8.87% (November) from 7.57% in January and Linux – due to the posibilty of new Ubuntu and Fedora releases – has seen the open-source penguin reach 0.83% (November) from 0.64% in January.
Next up on the techrn agenda is full reviews of Ubuntu 8.10 and Open Office 3, until then, keep well and merry Christmas. 
Filed under: Industry News , Internet, Linux, Mac, Review, Windows
November 18, 2008 • 10:14 pm 0
Ubuntu Linux For Mobile Phones
Alastair Otter, MyBroadband Popular Linux operating system Ubuntu could soon be making a debut on mobile phones, and even possibly the iPhone, in the very near future.
The maker of the ARM processors – widely used in smaller devices and for system-on-chip processors – announced late last week that it had secured a deal with Ubuntu backer Canonical to port the operating system to the mini platform.
September 10, 2008 • 1:41 pm 0
New Ubuntu Preview
Mark Shuttleworth previews plans for 2009 Ubuntu release
Ubuntu founder and Canonical chief, Mark Shuttleworth, yesterday announced his ambitions for Ubuntu 9.04, now called ‘Jaunty Jackalope’.
In an email to developers last night, Shuttleworth said that the bar for Ubuntu 9.04 was set very high. “We move into a year where we can reasonably expect Ubuntu to ship on several million devices, to consumers who can reasonably expect the software experience to be comparable to those of the traditional big OSs – Microsoft and Apple.”
Dell last week announced its new Inspiron Mini 9 netbook which ships with Ubuntu pre-installed. Shuttleworth obviously is obviously expecting more of those types of deals in the coming year.
Shuttleworth said that one of the priorities for Jaunty was to reduce the amount of time it took to boot the system. “We want Ubuntu to boot as fast as possible – both in the standard case, and especially when it is being tailored to a specific device.”
Shuttleworth also emphasised the need for Jaunty to blur the line between web services and desktop applications.
Ubuntu 8.10, Intrepid Ibex, is due for release in October this year. Ubuntu 9.04 will be released in April next year.
Origional article here
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